This list comprises persons who belong to a visible minority group who have been elected to the federal House of Commons, legislative assemblies of provinces and territories, and members appointed to the Senate. Note that the term "visible minority" refers to Canadians who identify as neither white nor indigenous.
The first visible minority elected was Chinese-Canadian Douglas Jung, elected as a Conservative MP to the House of Commons in the 1957 federal election.
There have been 136 visible minorities who have served as Members of Parliament, as well as 23 who have been named senators. After the 2021 Canadian election, the highest number of visible minorities were elected to Parliament in history – with 53 MPs (15.7% of the House of Commons). As of July 2023, of the visible minority members of the 44th Canadian Parliament, 44 are Liberals (43 Liberal MPs, 1 Progressive Senator), 10 are Conservatives (7 MPs, 3 Senators), 3 are New Democrats (3 MPs) and 10 are Independents (2 MPs, 8 Senators).
Provincially, visible minorities have been elected to 12 of the 13 legislatures – with only New Brunswick never having visible minority representation. As of October 2023, there are 101 visible minority politicians serving in 9 provincial legislatures. Of those members, 44 are New Democrats, 40 are Conservatives (24 Progressive Conservative, 6 CAQ, 5 United Conservative, 2 BC United, 2 Saskatchewan Party, 1 Yukon Party), 17 are Liberals (10 Liberal, 7 Quebec Liberal) and 4 represent Quebec sovereigntist parties (Québec Solidaire).
Federal
House of Commons
Senate
Provincial
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
New Brunswick has yet to elect a Visible Minority to its legislature.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Visible minorities by assembly composition
House of Commons
Alberta Legislative Assembly
British Columbia Legislative Assembly
Manitoba Legislative Assembly
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly
Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly
Ontario Legislative Assembly
Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly
Quebec National Assembly
Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
Yukon Legislative Assembly
Visible minorities ever elected to Canadian legislatures by ethnic composition
Municipal (major cities: population over 500,000)